One country is doing it right regarding coal…

From the New York Times: “A total of 55 plants have closed or have announced plans to shut down, according to a count by the Sierra Club. That will leave 395 coal-burning plants in the United States, compared with 522 in 2010, according to the Sierra Club.”

…”Nationwide, coal production dropped this year by an estimated 7 percent even as exports grew to Asia and Europe, according to the Energy Department.”

Now that’s cookin’ with gas… Let’s hope it spreads quickly throughout the world. China has more restrictive mileage standards for its cars than the U.S. Maybe they’ll do the same with coal.

In 2011 & 2012, 7 constructions were started. However, the data did not show any Chinese ones (if there are 4 Chinese starts in 2012, that’ll be 11 total. Since the start of 2008, 50 reactors under construction.